MEL (I think) Exhaust manifolds

[Mark Bliss]

These have been entertaining the cobwebs in the way back region of my shop storage for.... decades.
Thought I'd offer them up here before doing anything rash.
3-Pcs
C6VE-9431
C6VE-9430
C6VE-9430-A

I believe the suffix "V" makes them Lincoln Continental- I honestly have no recollection of where they came from or how they ended up in my possession. I have never had a need for Lincoln Continental manifolds. Maybe it was a long forgotten mistaken identity.
Anyway, it's a stretch, I am not looking for anything more than enough to cover shipping (Yeah, they are kinda heavy!) and perhaps a little to cover packing them up.
Anybody have any use for these?

[Rory428]

With the Lincoln casting numbers, and appearances, pretty sure those exhaust manifolds are for the 383/430/462 cube MEL engines.

[pbf777]

..................pretty sure those exhaust manifolds are for the MEL engines.

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      Scott.

[Mark Bliss]

Yeah, that makes sense. But adds to my mystery.
Where the heck did these come from!

I am not very familiar with the MEL platform. In fact, oddly enough I don't recall ever laying hands on one. And that's saying something given my background/experience. I've seen them. I am aware of them, but...
(Wasn't there a 410 variant often confused with the somewhat rare FE 410?)
The vertical bolt pattern is similar, but those studs are a giveaway that something isn't fitting in the FE family.

Someone somewhere may surely want these... But I suspect there is a scrap yard between us.

[frnkeore]

Yes, there was a 410 MEL, in the '58 Edsel, Corsair & Citation. 4.2 x 3.7 B&S. I had a Corsair and it had a tach on the far left portal in the dash.

Could that be the cable drive for the Edsel?

The C6 manifolds are way to late the the MEL 410, it was a one year only.

[Mark Bliss]

It's very doubtful there is any association with the cable. That probably came from a Carlyse swap meet or something long ago. Origin unknown.